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CameralabsReviewsHasselblad X2D II 100C review The Hasselblad X2D II 100C has a 100 Megapixel medium format sensor, 1TB of built-in storage, IBIS, a refreshingly different UI and a cunning approach to HDR and displays that’s way ahead of rivals.

September 18

CameralabsReviewsPanasonic Lumix L10 review The Panasonic Lumix L10 is a premium compact camera with a 3x zoom, 20MP photos, powerful video features, flip-screen and viewfinder. Here's my review!…

September 17

CameralabsReviewsSony RX10 V review Sony's RX10 V becomes the most powerful super-zoom camera, sporting a 24-600 range, decent sensor, great autofocus and weather-sealing.

September 17

CameralabsReviewsOM System PEN review The OM System PEN is the welcome return to their flat-topped rangefinder styled series, with amazing IBIS and now a splash-proof body. Here's my full review!…

September 17

CameralabsReviewsCanon EOS R8 Mark II review Canon's EOS R8 Mark II is a mid-range mirrorless camera with a 24 Megapixel full-frame sensor, IBIS and an AF joystick! Find out more in my review so far.…

September 16

CameralabsReviewsNikon Z 24-105mm f4-7.1 review The Nikon Z 24-105mm f4-7.1 is an affordable, small, and light zoom. Find out how it compares to other Nikkor zooms in my review.…

June 22

CameralabsReviewsTamron 35-100mm f2.8 Di III review Tamron has designed a new f2.8 zoom with a unique 35-100mm range for Nikon Z and Sony Alpha cameras. Find out if its optical qualities makes this an attractive mid-range zoom in my full review.…

June 1

CameralabsReviewsEpson R-D1 retro review Back in 2004, Epson released the World's first digital rangefinder and arguably one of the best-looking cameras ever! Find out why it still charms 22 years later in my retro review!…

May 19

CameralabsReviewsVoigtlander 28mm f2 APO-Lanthar review Cosina has extended their line of acclaimed Voigtländer APO-Lanthar designs on the wide end with a new 28mm f2 lens.

April 21

CameralabsReviewsNikon Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S II review Nikon's Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S II has a promising new optical formula and improved features. Find out how it compares to its predecessor and the alternative from Tamron in my review.…

April 7

The small bracket on top of every camera, from a phone rig to an ARRI.

The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo